Story Index

CONAN THE WARRIOR, Lancer, 1967
CONAN THE WARRIOR, Sphere, 1973
CONAN THE WARRIOR, Prestige, 1977
CONAN THE WARRIOR, Ace, 1981
SAVAGE TALES #2, Marvel, October 1973 (part 1 of 2)
SAVAGE TALES #3, Marvel, du (part 2 of 2)
CONAN: RED NAILS, Marvel Graphic Novel, 1983
BAKER'S DOZEN: 13 SHORT FANTASY NOVELS, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg & Charles Waugh, Greenwich House, HB, 1984
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SHORT FANTASY NOVELS, edited by Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh, Robinson, 1986

RED NAILS, Draft

Featuring CONAN

THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Del Rey, November 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Tantor Media Inc., October 2009 (audio)

RED SHADOWS

Alternate Title: SOLOMON KANE

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

WEIRD TALES, August 1928
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1968 (red binding)
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1971 (gray binding)
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, February 1971 (60c)
SOLOMON KANE, Haddock, 1972 (n.d., not authorized)
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, 2nd, 1974 (nd) ($1.25)
MARVEL PREMIERE #33, Marvel Comics, December 1976 (Part 1, graphic adaptation as "The Mark of Kane")
MARVEL PREMIERE #34, Marvel Comicsl, February 1977 (Part 2, graphic adaptation as "Fangs of the Gorilla God")
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, 3rd, 1976 (nd) ("The Illustrated Edition")
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1978
SOLOMON KANE: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Bantam, December 1978
THE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE #1, Marvel Comics, September 1985 (graphic adaptation)
SOLOMON KANE, Baen, November 1995 (restored text)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wandering Star, 1998
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Del Rey, July 2004
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, December 2004
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2006 (2nd printing)
THE 'SOLOMAN CRANE' STORIES, Echo Library, March 2007
SHADOW KINGDOMS: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Audio Realms, April 2007, (audio)
THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wordsworth Editions, April 2007, as "Solomon Kane"
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Cosmos Books, July 2007
CRIMSON SHADOWS: THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1, Del Rey, August 2007
PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES V12N2, Girasol Collectables, November 2007
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF SOLOMON KANE, Ignacio Hills Press, December 2008
CRIMSON SHADOWS: THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1, Subterranean Press, November 2009
THE CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE, Dark Horse Books, December 2009 (graphic adaptation)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Tantor Media Inc., January 2010 (audio)

THE RED STONE

250 words, unfinished

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007

THE REFORMATION: A DREAM

THE YELLOW JACKET, April 21, 1927
THE HOWARD REVIEW #3, Dennis McHaney, June 1975
THE HOWARD REVIEW #3 Proof Edition, Dennis McHaney, 1998
THE COMPLETE YELLOW JACKET, Hermanthis, December 1999
THE COMPLETE YELLOW JACKET, Hermanthis, October 2001
WEST IS WEST & OTHERS, Roehm & Runions, February 2006
WEST IS WEST & OTHERS, Roehm's Room Press, April 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

RESTLESS WATERS

WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY #10, Fantasy Publishing Company, 1974
THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH, Ace, April 1979
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Del Rey, October 2008

THE RETURN OF SKULL-FACE

Featuring GORDON & COSTIGAN

Alternate Title: TAVERAL MANOR

THE RETURN OF SKULLFACE, FAX, 1977 (completed by Richard A. Lupoff)
THE RETURN OF SKULLFACE, FAX, 1977 (Limited Edition) (completed by Richard A. Lupoff)

THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER

BICENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO REH, Hamilton, 1976
THE NEW HOWARD READER #3, Marek, November 1998

REVENGE

UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN 1, Les Grands Anciens, October 1990
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF REH VOL. 1: 1923-1929, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, June 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

REVENGE BY PROXY
by "William Decatur"

Alternate Title: DESERT BLOOD

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 2, Culture Publications, September 1942

RIDERS BEYOND THE SUNRISE

Alternate Title: untitled story ("Thus, said Tu . . .")

KING KULL, Lancer, 1st, 1967
KING KULL, Lancer, 2nd, 1969
KING KULL, Lancer, 3rd, 1972
KING KULL, Sphere, 1976
LOST WORLDS, DAW, August 1980

An unfinished REH draft completed by Lin Carter as "Riders Beyond the Sunrise."
Carter's portion begins with the paragraph "Safety!', Kull grunted.", and ends with the paragraph "A feral light", and begins again with "Then come, king".

REH's unfinished draft appears in the following places:

KULL, Bantam, September 1978 (as "untitled story")
KULL, Grant, 1985 (Regular edition) (as "untitled story")
KULL, Grant, 1985 (Limited edition) (as "untitled story")
KULL, Baen, July 1995 (as "untitled story")
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Del Rey, October 2006 (as "untitled story")
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Science Fiction Book Club, November 2006 (as "untitled story")

RIDERS OF THE SUNSET

Alternate Title: DRUMS OF THE SUNSET

THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1968 (red binding)
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1971 (gray binding)
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, February 1971 (60c)
SOLOMON KANE, Haddock, 1972 (n.d., not authorized)
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, 2nd, 1974 (nd) ($1.25)
SOLOMON KANE, Centaur, 3rd, 1976 (nd) ("The Illustrated Edition")
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #13, Marvel Comics, July 1976 (graphic adaptation)
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1978
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #13, Marvel, date unknown
SOLOMON KANE: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Bantam, December 1978
SOLOMON KANE, Baen, November 1995 (restored text)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wandering Star, 1998
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Del Rey, July 2004
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005
THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wordsworth Editions, April 2007
THE SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE, Dark Horse Books, July 2009 (graphic adaptation)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Tantor Media Inc., January 2010 (audio)

RIGHT HOOK

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007

RINGSIDE TALES

Contains two untitled stories:
untitled story (Marks was a giant.)
untitled story (Science will always beat brute strength.)

THE RIGHT HOOK Volume 1 Number 3, 1925
AUSTIN Volume 3 Number 2 (facsimile of THE RIGHT HOOK)
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

A RINGTAILED TORNADO
by "Patrick Ervin"

Alternate Title: TEXAS JOHN ALDEN
Alternate Title: RING-TAILED TORNADO

Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story titled "Ring-Tailed Tornado."
Rewritten by someone at the Kline agency into a Breckinridge Elkins story.

THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1966
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1977
HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983

RING-TAILED TORNADO

Alternate Title: TEXAS JOHN ALDEN
Alternate Title: A RINGTAILED TORNADO

THE RIOT AT BUCKSNORT

Featuring PIKE BEARFIELD

ARGOSY, October 31, 1936
THE HOWARD REVIEW #2, Dennis McHaney, March 1975
THE KING-SIZE HOWARD REVIEW, Dennis McHaney, 1987
RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005

THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

ACTION STORIES, October 1935
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1966
THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, September 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; November 5, 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1971; January 7, 14, 21, 1972 (18 part serial)
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1977
HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Hermanthis, November 2001
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, November 2003
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, January 2005
RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005
RETURN TO BEAR CREEK, Dennis McHaney, December 2007
THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW, AND THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK, Dodo Press, February 2008

THE RIVALS

ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V2N4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Winter 2008 (Glenn Lord transcription)
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

THE ROAD OF AZRAEL

CHACAL #1, Nemedian Chronicles, Winter 1976
THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Grant, 1979 (Regular edition)
THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Grant, 1979 (Limited edition)
THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Bantam,1979
LORD OF SAMARCAND AND OTHER ADVENTURE TALES OF THE OLD ORIENT, Bison Books, April 2005

Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story
and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.

THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES

Alternate Title: CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY
Alternate Title: THE WAY OF THE SWORDS

"The Road of the Eagles" is an REH story and title for which two drafts presently exist.

An early draft that Glenn Lord published in the Donald Grant book ROAD OF AZRAEL as "The Way of the Swords."
A final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that LSDC found and rewrote as "Conan, Man of Destiny," then later published as "The Road of the Eagles."

The LSDC Conan story titled "The Road of the Eagles" appears in:

TALES OF CONAN, Gnome Press, 1955
CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Lancer, 1968
CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Sphere, 1974
CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Prestige, 1977
CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Ace, 1981
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #38, Marvel, du
THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Sphere, August 1989

LORD OF SAMARCAND AND OTHER ADVENTURE TALES OF THE OLD ORIENT, Bison Books, April 2005 (as "The Road of the Eagles" from the REH final draft with the original text and title restored)